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It's Mississippi in the summer of 1955, and Rose Lee Carter can't wait to move north. But for now, she's living with her sharecropper grandparents on a white man's cotton plantation. Then, one town over, an African American boy, Emmett Till, is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. When Till's murderers are unjustly acquitted, Rose realises that the South needs a change . . . and that she should be part of the movement. Linda Jackson's moving debut seamlessly blends a fictional portrait of an African American family and factual events from a famous trial that provoked change in race relations in the United States. AGES: 10-12 AUTHOR: Linda Jackson was born in a small town in Mississippi and likes to write about unassuming, everday characters in small-town settings. She still lives in Mississippi with her husband and children.

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Washington Post 2017 KidsPost Summer Book Club selection! New York Public Library Best Books for Kids! Jackson pulls no punches in the characters' heated discussions and keeps dialogue raw and real... --Bulletin Jackson's debut does an excellent job dramatizing the injustice that was epidemic in the pre-civil rights South and capturing the sounds and sensibilities of that time and place. Her sympathetic characters and their stories will make this thoughtful book especially good for classroom use. --Booklist A powerful story. --Kirkus This nuanced coming-of-age story by a debut author is deftly delivered, with engaging characters set against a richly contextualized backdrop of life for African Americans during the Jim Crow era. It's also an authentic work of historical fiction...about a pivotal incident in the civil rights movement. --Horn Book An unflinching and sensitively-told coming-of-age story from the perspective of a smart and thoughtful young girl in 1950s Mississippi. --SLJ Midnight Without a Moon offers readers an unflinching bird's eye view of 1955 Mississippi. Young Rose Lee has one foot steeped in the segregated South and the other in the new world where Negroes and girls are expecting more, doing more, and willing to risk all to live lives of their own choosing. Bravo to Jackson, for a magnificent piece of writing! --Sharon G. Flake, Coretta Scott King Award winning author of Unstoppable Octobia May and The Skin I'm In Rose shines bright in the darkness -- brave, beautiful, and full of hard-won hope. She'll be an inspiration to every reader who meets her, as she has been to me. -Caroline Starr Rose, author of May B and Blue Birds

Thisnuanced coming-of-age storyby a debut author is deftly delivered, with engaging characters set against a richly contextualized backdrop of life for African Americans during theJimCrow era.It s also an authentic work of historical fiction(supportedbySouthernvernacular in both dialogue andvocabulary that accuratelyreflectsthe era) about a pivotal incident in the civil rights movement. <i> Horn Book</i> Jackson pulls no punches in the characters heated discussions and keeps dialogue raw and real... <i> Bulletin</i> Jackson s debut does an excellent job dramatizing the injustice that was epidemic in the pre civil rights South and capturing the sounds and sensibilities of that time and place. Her sympathetic characters and their stories will make this thoughtful book especially good for classroom use. <i> Booklist</i> A powerful story. <i>Kirkus</i> This nuanced coming-of-age story by a debut author is deftly delivered, with engaging characters set against a richly contextualized backdrop of life for African Americans during the Jim Crow era. It s also an authentic work of historical fiction...about a pivotal incident in the civil rights movement. <i>Horn Book</i> <i>Midnight Without a Moon</i> offers readers an unflinching bird's eye view of 1955 Mississippi. Young Rose Lee has one foot steeped in the segregated South and the other in the new world where Negroes and girls are expecting more, doing more, and willing to risk all to live lives of their own choosing. Bravo to Jackson, for a magnificent piece of writing! Sharon G. Flake, Coretta Scott King Award winning author of <i>Unstoppable Octobia May</i> and <i>The Skin I'm In</i> Rose shines bright in the darkness -- brave, beautiful, and full of hard-won hope. She'll be an inspiration to every reader who meets her, as she has been to me. Caroline Starr Rose, author of <i>May B</i> and <i>Blue Birds</i>

Midnight Without a Moon offers readers an unflinching bird's eye view of 1955 Mississippi. Young Rose Lee has one foot steeped in the segregated South and the other in the new world where Negroes and girls are expecting more, doing more, and willing to risk all to live lives of their own choosing. Bravo to Jackson, for a magnificent piece of writing! Sharon G. Flake, Coretta Scott King Award winning author of Unstoppable Octobia May and The Skin I'm In Rose shines bright in the darkness -- brave, beautiful, and full of hard-won hope. She'll be an inspiration to every reader who meets her, as she has been to me. Caroline Starr Rose, author of May B and Blue Birds

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Linda Jackson was born in a small town in Mississippi and likes to write about unassuming, everyday characters in small-town settings. She still lives in Mississippi with her husband and children.

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